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> From: "blincoln" <address@hidden> > To: "address@hidden" <address@hidden>, > "address@hidden" <address@hidden> > Date: Mon, 06 Jan 97 18:02:51 -0800 > Subject: netcdf 3 update info ? Hi Brian, > Havent heard any information about the progress on netcdf3 in a while > and was wondering if you could send an update to the group (or me) ? > > specifically Im wondering when a beta of netcdf3 might be available.. ? It's taking longer than we anticipated. Steve is currently working on the new FORTRAN interface, and I'm rewriting the User's Guide to generate separate language-specific User Guides in a way that permits maintaining common stuff in one place. I'm presenting a paper and giving a talk on netCDF plans and status at the start of February, and the paper (which had to be written last September) discusses the "recently released netcdf-3". I'm currently trying to make that phrase true by the time the paper is presented, with at least a beta release by the end of the month. But unanticipated problems may delay that ... --Russ